What are the legal guarantees of PAPs in the event the biological parents of the adopted Filipino child changes their mind about the adoption?
The children placed for inter-country adoption are those who are either involuntary committed by virtue of a Regional Trial Court’s/Family Court’s Declaration of Abandonment (DA) or those who are voluntarily committed or relinquished by their biological parent/s and legal guardian by virtue of a Deed of Voluntary Commitment (DVC) made out to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the Philippine Competent Authority on adoption. b) The Involuntary Commitment is a judicial process that terminates the parental authority of the biological parent/s or legal guardians. c) When a child has been voluntarily committed in writing by his/her biological parent/s or legal guardians to the custody of the DSWD or any licensed Child Caring/Child Placing Agency, the rights of his/her biological parent/s guardians or other custodian to exercise parental authority over him is severed. The biological parent/s guardian may petition for the restoration of their parental rights and authority
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